Berny Hi: George Bassler's Perpetual Motion Machine
Berny came down the day after he slipped on the ice and cracked his head and got a concussion. His excuse for working on the world's tiniest shadow puppet test was that the doctor told him to do precision work that required spacial thinking and small motor movements.
I for one love the way this shadow test turned out... but apparently it's not supposed to be a baby swimming next to a cabin; it's supposed to be a boy fatally shot in a gun misfire accident from across the field (some of these prairie stories are a little tragic...).
that's why we do tests!
Tyler Banadyga: Title TBA (something unexpected is discovered during the digging of the basement on the family farm)
And Tyler has been true to his word: once he decided on his story and approach, he became a puppet fabrication machine!! His story is awesome, and based on something that happened when his family was digging the basement for their new frame home while still living in the sod hut. He churned out a whole family and a homestead over the holidays.
digging puppet test!
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| I just love the orderly way Tyler lays everything out. |
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| great down-shot of the guys lifting the rocks out of the new basement. |
Just before Christmas Tyler set up a mock-up test of his characters and the sod house, to get an idea of the size of the sky, foreground grass, and other elements he'll need to complete before shooting. It looked amazing through the camera, and what really blew me away was the complete success of his sod house. It's just ink and watercolor on paper, but it totally looks 3D through the lens.
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| Yep, it's really 2D!! |
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| Awesome work, Tyler! |
